同性婚姻：历史、争论以及合法化

根据一些考古发现以及文献记载，在古埃及以及美索不达米亚存在着同性婚姻。古罗马社会早期，同性婚姻似乎也是受人尊重的。欧洲禁止同性婚姻与罗马帝国皈依基督教有关。15世纪后，女同性恋似乎没有被严格禁止，一些文学作品将其称为“波士顿婚姻”。现代同性恋运动开端于1970年代的美国。此后，同性恋人群开始主张同性婚姻合法化，这引起了广泛的争论。反对者从对婚姻含义的解释出发，认为同性婚姻不能被纳入到传统婚姻概念中来；赞同者认为，同性婚姻合法化才能解决同性恋人群在社会福利和公平待遇上面临的歧视。

Same-Sex marriage:History,Arguments,and Legitimation

There were same-sex marriages in ancient Egypt society and Mesopotamia society according to the archeological findings and some literatures.It seems that same-sex marriages were respected by people in the early Roman society.Forbidding same-sex marriage was related to the fact that Rome converted to be Christian.Lesbian was not forbidden strictly after fifteenth century,some novels called them as "Boston marriage".Modern homosexual activity originated from America in 1970,homosexual people begun to claim th...